Resident Evil: Vendetta - Why Did They Do This!?

[@trenttuttle603]

I go to a film school, and this year I was in a “Violent Cinema” elective class. For the second half of the semester, each student got to choose a movie and then show it in one of our theaters on campus. One guy picked this, and everybody laughed their asses off while watching it. When it got to the part where the guy proposes with a severed arm of his dead wife, I lost my mind and howled with laughter. It was a great time. The guy who chose this movie was a good sport about it all too.

[@Gruntvc]

RE CGI films are the animated versions of every direct to dvd Steven Seagal films. They exist only to be laughed at.

[@seanmatyas]

What was his reason for bringing it? We always had to justify our picks and our review would be part of our marks.

[@trenttuttle603]

@@seanmatyas You could bring any movie, so long as it was reasonably violent. Another student brought the first “SpongeBob” movie, and we discussed how cartoon violence can possibly affect small children. The grade for us came from the students leading the discussions for their movies.

[@infinessia4019]

@chandllerburse737in all fairness part of the class was discussing such topics and how they effect the audience so after the ‘lol it’s SpongeBob’ wore off I imagine it was just a case of ‘well we technically have to do a class on this so we may as well talk about it. At least that’s how I read it. I

[@JThom529]

@@Gruntvca bit harsh. The CGI films actually try to be entertaining and succeed more than a not

[@wstine79]

Meanwhile in Raccoon City, it's up to Old Man Redfield, Wabuu Kennedy, and Beauty Valentine to find UMBRELLA cologne for Phelous at the zombie infested Mall.

[@mathieuleader8601]

the cologne was made by dalmatians in a sweatshop

[@Longshanks1690]

The twist is that they’re *ACKSHUALLY* going to find… _the diamonds_ *MY GOD!!!*

[@OnDavidsBrain]

They seriously named the Virus Anamality?! I guess the only way to cure it is to have Nightwolf throw tomahawks at all of the Zombies' heads. If only Chris and the crew could get him off the computer for long enough to do so.

[@abonnybunny6647]

23:20 That moment *seems* like it'd kill a bunch of innocents, sure but it has an easy fix: "Too bad it's Sunday those buildings would've been filled up tomorrow!" "Look, I can see their parachutes, they're okay!"

[@jonothanthrace1530]

"We killed about 300 janitors, but nobody cares about them!" *all laugh*

[@abonnybunny6647]

@@jonothanthrace1530 "That area may have been evacuated but it'll give 'em something to think about!"

[@lotus-prince]

I'm surprised by Phelous's snark and sarcasm. I would never have guessed by his build.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

What does that mean? What does his "build" have to do with anything?

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Nevermind. I read and responded to this before I heard the thing you were referencing in the video.

[@lotus-prince]

@@dreamlandnightmare It's all good. :-D

[@wdcain1]

18:28 I'll be frank. That image of Aeries holding up his dead wife's severed arm with a blessful smile is genuinely creepy.

[@MainTopmastStaysail]

He may have been a bootleg Wesker but Arias's severed arm honeymoon and ridiculous John Wick fights were the best parts of this movie.

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

Not to mention Leon killing innocent people on the highway to take out a zombie dog, that all the 'cured' people were EATING other human beings seconds before...this movie was just...as Barry would say: WHAT? What IS THIS?

[@bigcat5348]

Chris Redfield has one (1) character arc: losing his team in a mission gone wrong

[@Gruntvc]

It worked for RE5, but now it feels like Capcom forgot that was Hunk's thing to be the only survivor of his team/unit. This franchise is insane.

[@lluviathewolfgirl]

It's not he has a younger sister he could have interactions with and get some plot potential out of... OH WAIT...

[@kingvinoda3896]

Every time we get one of those gun-fu sequences in these movies I just have to wonder what about the tank controls from the resident evil games gave the animators the impression that these characters could even do that?

[@Gruntvc]

The creators watched John Wick and desperately wanted to be as cool. But they've failed miserably.

[@Iamafishproductions]

Considering neither one of them gets a single shot off on the other in that scene, I think it's perfectly representative of trying to lock on to any enemy in one of the many, many bad Resident Evil clones with bad tank controls.

[@Keyboardeater1]

The fact that Resident Evil has just a sprawling yet consistent canon is actually impressive.

[@Alexcursus]

They do have an internal logic, just not logical to outside of the Resident Evil world

[@Gruntvc]

"Consistent?" Capcom is constantly retconning RE lore with every new game or film. They make Kojima's lame MGS retcons tame by comparison now. Capcom has literally erased the original PS1 games with the lame remakes canon. RE is a complete freakin cluster f$*k.

[@jeremyallen5974]

Consistent my ass, the story of the games plays out like a series of piss drunk ad-libs

[@NebLleb]

@@Gruntvc "lame remakes" YOU LISTEN HERE, YA STRING BEAN~

[@NebLleb]

@apexsmokepacker Except the characters in REmakes 2 and 4 were actually well written and have good looking models unlike REmake 3 which fails in the former category. Not to mention that REmakes 2 and 4 actually add in some content to compensate for what they cut out, especially 4 and _did we even play the same bloody games?_ But yeah, Resident Evil was never consistent since 5 was released and the writing took a nosedive. Village was the worst offender by a landslide.

[@BugsyFoga]

“ looks like they have some vendetta against you “ - Striker

[@UJEvans]

Somehow you catch me off guard with "gonna cry" every time, I feel like I should be expecting it by now.

[@LaNoLaCola]

Aries's thing for Rebecca is so over the top that its one of my favorite aspects of Vendetta. Grieving for his dead friends and family? I can understand. Kidnapping a near identical look a like of your dead wife, dress her up in the exact same wedding dress and shoes to recreate the ceremony? Nutty. Truly the two sides of Resident Evil: B-movie cheese and schlock mixed with some truly horrifying concepts.

[@LaNoLaCola]

@apexsmokepacker and then there's maria gomez's return and revenge for her dad in the next film, death island.

[@TheLyokoWarriors]

@@LaNoLaCola And her partner from that film is also seeking revenge for his team.

[@reptile1687]

ive actually seen something similar on a ncis show

[@TheLyokoWarriors]

@apexsmokepacker Even Infinite Darkness has people who are working with BOWs for revenge on what happened to their loved ones.

[@wstine79]

A Resident Evil Review from Barry Phelous is the best Christmas ever. Time to pull out a Jill sandwich and enjoy the show.

[@KrazyChibi]

I do like these movies a million times more than those live action ones.

[@BigEOT3]

[Wesker:Don’t touch Bryan Cranston, he’s a national treasure.] [Zombies:”we wouldn’t dare touch 2017 Zordon”]

[@tgimikey8480]

Phelous reviewing Resident Evil has to be my favorite Phelous videos!

[@TimTE01]

Writer 1- I turned Lady Cop in Danger into a proactive Scientist. Writer 2- Cool. So she gets kidnapped, right? Writer 1- Of course!

[@ScottE-2]

There's one thing I want Capcom to do... use Rebecca more. I really like her character and it feels wrong not having her appear a bit more often in the games.

[@Gruntvc]

I agree, RE has plenty of characters that Capcom has neglected. *cough* Hunk! *cough* Rather play as them than any of the incredibly lame Winters.

[@AussieDragoon]

It's the same with everyone who isn't Chris or Leon (or Ethan I guess) Jill hasn't been playable since 2012 outside of Remakes, and timeline wise hasn't shown up since RE5 in the games. All the non-Chris or Leon cast are relegated to spin-offs or if they're lucky, movies. Arguably even Leon has fallen off in that regard.

[@AussieDragoon]

@apexsmokepacker He's at least playable in the most recent game, even if it is for just 1 mission, It's more than the rest get.

[@AussieDragoon]

@apexsmokepacker Yeah, I meant falling off in terms of use and appearance, most of the old crew don't have much personality these days even if they do show up.

[@2bdaqueen268]

Never stop with the Transformers and Mortal kombat jokes they’re priceless lol

[@Daytek90210]

So when everyone changed back, did they realise or get sick from the people they've eaten, the meat literally sitting in their stomachs?

[@teriosshadow17]

I think even bigger question is that will they just drop dead when changed back after being shot or losing lot of internal organs? Most likely.

[@zarrg5611]

​@@teriosshadow17 With how Tyrants break every known law of physics one can suppose the cure virus gave them free organ repair, maybe some of then even got kidneys that they had previously donated back and the like.

[@Dreadjaws]

Stiletto girl is so memorable that when she showed up in Death Island I had absolutely no idea who she was. It's kinda funny how one of the major complaints of the Paul W.S. Anderson movies is that they're too focused on over-the-top action, yet the CG movies go even crazier in that aspect. At least these are consistent in their continuity, though.

[@manjiimortal]

Oh my God, they watched the John Wick films for that gun-fu scene, and they managed to make it all look stupid... Takes talent to do that.

[@Onebie]

I feel sorry for the cured zombies who have killed people before they were cured. Also all the drivers from Leons Chase scene. And all the zombies in the sky scraper, was there a way to cure them? Well no longer a question when they are full of bullets. So much collateral damage.

[@jeremyallen5974]

You're overstepping your boundaries as the viewer by asking common sense questions of a Capcom product

[@EpicJasonX9000]

Barry needs his own film at this point. It’s been too long and we’ve already had enough films with Chris and/or Leon. Also include Jill so we can get some delicious memes. XD

[@BurnedRetinas]

An entire squad wiped out by a zombie child? "Not-Bravo Team, you're pitiful!"

[@DarkseidJoshua]

Being picked to be on Chris Redfields team in the BSAA is like being picked to serve on the USS Enterprise as a red shirt death is likely 😂 I hope Phelous does Resident Evil Infinite Darkness and Resident Evil Death Island next.

[@Nediablo]

4:14 *Triangle, Tri-angle! Triangle, Tri-angle! Triangle, Tri-angle!* I still laugh about that review 😂😂

[@SlaverGarden]

10:45 to be honest in Resident Evil 1, at 18 years old Rebecca was already graduated in chemistry so you would imagine that she is really , really capable in the cientific field. I dont think that she being a respected scientist almost 20 years later comes out of nowhere. Very funny video anyway, your horror movie reviews and specialy Resident Evil reviews are my favorites.

[@TSNeph]

I remember something sticking out to me from this movie, Arias made a big point about how young Rebecca was, and, like, yeah, she started her career very young, but I think she's about 40 in this movie, which isn't really young for much in the way of career achievements. Mind you, she still looks about 20, but that's because women aren't allowed to age in the RE universe.

[@thewafflemaniak5698]

in the Resident Evil universe, Breaking Bad is about Walter White leaving Umbrella due to his ego, getting super cancer and making blue B.O.W.s to support his family

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Chris Redfield is basically John Cena on his off days.

[@reptile1687]

stryker: sounds like youve got a vendetta going enrico:... yeah

[@JohnwayneNOgacy]

YES!! Phelous is back. Yo if you’re reading this Phelous just know your channel helped me through a very dark time when I first discovered you. Peace!!

[@phelous]

Glad it helped!

[@johngleeman8347]

Phelous and RE is always a grand time. X)

[@ShadowWing7439]

Seeing this made me question to myself "What recurring character hasn't been infected with something yet?" Because the only two characters I can think of off the top of my head are Chris and Barry.

[@reobeem]

These videos of you reviewing Resident Evil never get old and with Death Island there's at least one more movie until the next game.

[@teixeiradasilva6299]

That was the one I was not expecting for on Christmas. So OMG, thank you!

[@renamon5658]

Love your resident evil cgi movies reviews. Can't wait for your resident evil death island review

[@MarioTGP]

We had 2 Barry reviews in 2023, this was a good year bros

[@dredre_lj2003]

Vendetta is pretty self aware, and classic survival horror video game movie with RE6 vibes but not over the top.

[@juliuswilliams4447]

Thanks!

[@phelous]

Thank you!

[@BronzeBoy520]

I still think best part of this film is that it has a super badass Leon goes John wick scene, that is ruined by the climax having the silliest single fight in all of RE history… and this is a series where Wesker starts a fight with sunglasses throwing.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

It’s just stolen from Equilibrium as well.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Happy New Year Phelan and Allison!

[@BATCHARRO]

The weird thing about the wedding stuff is it almost works better if he isn't already a zombie virus salesman when he suffers his tragic loss. Cuz like...it's not tragic he was well on his way to being a Resident Evil villain when they smartly decided to try and get him killed. Also in these type of stories the dead-lover-look-alike always actuallly looks like the lover and it's like...if the the person is crazy/in grief it'd be fun if for once they didn't look like the their dead lover.

[@lorehammer40k4]

Wow, the circular gunfight looked like the editor just added random muzzle flashes and sounds as a joke. That would actually be incredible to see in a lot of movies as a matter of fact...

[@harrycarson6526]

After years of waiting for the Vendetta review I do hope we wont have to wait long for the next 2

[@Zombie_Trooper]

I'm glad you pointed out that divide between casual fans and the hardcore viewers. I tried, I want to, get into these movies but I don't understand a whole lot because they're so entrenched in the lore.

[@TimaeusDA]

16:05 " what do you want Redfield!?" "Fuck - My - Sister" taps finger on table

[@JThom529]

Yatta! Been waiting over 2 years for this wooooo

[@bluecoin3771]

Anything that brings back Rebecca Chambers is good. I always thought she was underrated.

[@Pyke64]

Your sense of humor hasn't changed in all these years. I love you, man.

[@mrcrazyinstinct5822]

How very ironic. I was actually re-watching all of your Resident Evil reviews last night and to have this review uploaded today is literally too perfect~😉👍

[@LiamDalley-jd1kc]

I found Resident Evil Vendetta to be fun. It’s definitely has some problems but overall for a animated action movie I enjoyed it

[@mastermarkus5307]

I'm so glad you used the Transformers "We won" scene. 😄 I've started thinking about that every time there's a "technical win with insane collateral damage" in media.

[@seanmatyas]

Happy new year Phelous. Hope we get a tmnt mutant mayhem review in 2024

[@a.c.9639]

Happy New Year! Can't wait to see what you have in store for us in 2024!

[@DeathofInk]

A new RE review complete with a Barry impression, I have missed this feeling!

[@Everhardt94]

Just once, I would like the random grunts in these to do more than just die immediately.

[@starlimitz2]

Wow! This was my Christmas wish! Seriously, I even asked about Resident Evil Vendetta in one of your videos lol

[@Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser]

Hey Phelan came by to say I really enjoyed your content last year and I'm so looking forward to more from ya this year. Here's to another year of great content. Thank you Phelan for the hard work you do and I hope you had a great Christmas!

[@phelous]

Thanks!

[@Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser]

@@phelous You're welcome! I really enjoyed your latest video too. Especially the heeeeyaaaaaa heyaaa I say hey what's going on. X'D

[@grantmoore8228]

The happy ending where a cure is deployed over New York, changing the zombies back to normal people has some messed up implications when you stop and think about it. Like, how would you recover from the fact that you ate someone while zombified? What if you killed and ate a loved one? All the therapy in the world isn't gonna fix that. Also, what would happen if a zombie was shot but didn't get their head destroyed? The virus would keep them "alive" but the moment they're cured, they would bleed out and die in horrible agony. It's honestly a super messed up situation that the movie just glosses over.

[@thatDAAARNcat]

A bit of Resident Barry for New Years... I could not be happier.

[@jamesbounds]

A nice Christmas present from Phelous.

[@blackAngelProductions]

How does this man only have less than 200k subs? That's crazy he is infinitely more entertaining than nostalgia critic

[@AquaLantern]

"YEAH?" -Chris Redfield, 2023

[@AussieDragoon]

I guess up next is Death Island, the grand meeting of Jill and Leon because the franchise remembered Jill existed again after 3make. Also the grand meeting of CG Movie and Remake actors for some reason because they didn't use Chris's Village actor or Leon's Remake actor for some reason but did for Claire and Jill.

[@AussieDragoon]

@apexsmokepacker I get that's why they don't show up in the games, it doesn't explain the weird actor mix up for the movie since that shouldn't affect Chris or Leon.

[@bloodrunsclear]

It's a Phelous SANDWICH

[@ladydeath4437]

Barry Christmas and a Barry New year to you Barry Phelous!🎅🏻🎄🎆

[@SpeedyEric1]

5:47- (Cut to guy from THe Howling 4 asking "Are you okay?")

[@yungmahon715]

A Phelous Resident Evil review is always something to behold

[@gracekim1998]

Honestly this makes me smile because something similar happened to Kingdom hearts with the Back Cover movie 😄 and that also wasn't exactly newcomer friendly

[@phelous]

That movie wasn't friendly to anyone.

[@gracekim1998]

@@phelousthat is true from a certain point of view 🙂😉 also I appreciate the reply, Phelous❤

[@czaku21]

Yeah, my fav content creator made new video and it is about our beloved Resident Evil franchise woo-hoo. The best thing about this is me thinking - 'well I didn't know that there was third animated movie. Heh at this point I will rate it because Phelous covered nicely whole movie it looks like 6/10.' Then I went to rate the movie and... I already watched it and rated it 6/10 6 years ago LOL Anyway waiting for you to cover/review Resident Evil : Infinite Darkness. Happy New Year Phelan you handsome gray-haired now devil and please more non-cartoony content please.

[@marcherwitch9811]

to be fair, phelan, anyone who knew you as a kid would assume you'd become a bespoke toy whittler!

[@NewVideoseeker]

That ridiculous gun fight at the end reminded me of Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever, and that's not a good thing...

[@rickychappell7179]

Been waiting for this review for years!

[@ohsocinematic8909]

So Leon is going through basically the same arc Chris did in Resident Evil 6?

[@SilentPrayerCG]

5:49 if only they lived in a world where zombies and monsters a common knowledge. - exactly my thought when I rewatched it recently.

[@weirdotzero7065]

Fun fact: This film was animated by Sega/TMS own studio Marza Animation Planet, the studio that brought you a bunch of CGI cutscenes for Sega games(yes, including Sonic Unleashed), Lupin the Third the First, a crappy Captain Harlock film, and the Sonic the Hedgehog Movies.

[@TheVileOne]

There’s nothing quite like a Phelous Resident Evil review 😊

[@gracekim1998]

Wooo! Barry christmas game movie time! :D

[@SajirouPlays]

I really want a "What's Up?" cut of Chris from these movies now.

[@scypsylock9402]

This was one of the better movies at least and have to admit I did love seeing Chris delivering a DDT (Jake "The Snake" Roberts style) where it was done as a finisher and not just another move set like in today's wrestle-crap where they get up right after lol. Also, the movie blows away all of the live action movies without even trying, too - especially the "Alice" movies which were all just horrible. They should have just named those movies "Alice" since the director had a thing for the actress who isn't really that good in acting then married her for her looks and not her uh...acting skills. Alice goes to Raccoon City, Alice Goes Berserk, Alice Goes to Hell, Alice in Another Metroid Remake... you get the idea. And people wondered why we all didn't like her, or the director while filming in the movies - it was just the Alice Show and not about any of the lore, or characters that actually mattered like Jill, or Chris, or even Barry. Heck, even the Hunter got shafted because of it all being about Alice and not the monsters.

[@lordmontymord8701]

In their version of Breaking Bad Walter is clearly not interested producing drugs, but BOWs like everybody else in this world. And Jesse is his first test-subject ...

[@MrDarksol]

The only thing I do remember about this movie is the cool stupid gun fighting that Chris and Leon did to all those zombies. That was the only memorable thing in the film to me because my friend told me that and aside from it looking cool everything else just felt like an absolute mess. I mean, we did get Rebecca back.......for this movie only, Leon was here but he was being super emo during the whole runtime and Chris keeps letting people die around him while also being a miltary jar head. Again, I do hope we will be done with the Winters family saga in the games but aside from that, good job Pheolus sandwich! Oh and Resident Brats, The hit spin off to Resident Evil!

[@TheGrandOracle]

Been waiting for you to talk about this

[@SmrtPhonRtistCF]

I brought this movie at a dollar tree back in 2019, it was definitely something.

[@skelnhelvers3238]

Rebecca Chambers IS……….. THE CORPSE BRIDE - VENDETTA‼️

[@JosephHynesVA]

Cant wait for you to review Death Island!

[@shadowleon659]

Still better than most of the live action Resident Evil films. But yeah it has lots of problems.

[@TheBattlesword]

When an Ice 9 Kills music video is a better Resident Evil than most of the actual Resident Evil movies, you know you've failed hard

[@stephenschlueter8242]

I really wanted this movie to be better than it is. I liked that they brought Rebecca back, but then they just used her as a damsel in distress. And the rest of it just feels recycled from other RE stuff. They literally just took Chris' alcoholism story from RE6 and slapped it on Leon right down to him angsting over a team of dead red shirts.

[@SalusFuturistics]

"I'm just saying, Walter. If you smuggled the Uroboros on a Bunch of Airplanes instead of a giant-ass Rocket, you'd reach alot of People too and much more stealthily" 'Jesse what the Fuck are you talking about?'

[@reptile1687]

so are you gonna do resident evil infinte darkness?

[@phelous]

Maybe, I haven't gotten to watch it yet.

[@reptile1687]

@@phelous i have, its very similar to degeneration, even the climax is similar

[@Scribblerjohnny]

I never thought my life was gonna be this way *rhythmic clapping* who keeps doing that?

[@SilentPrayerCG]

Just before I will watch it, I want to say - I liked how in this one. Leon just straight killed civilians, when he fighted dogs on a road, and used grenades as well.

[@DarkValkyrie512]

I still remember the first time I saw the scene with the arm. I had to pause the movie and go "What? Wait...what?!" Like really? Also one good sniper could've prevented this. Instead of a giant obvious explosive it should've just been one decent sniper.

[@SilentPrayerCG]

23:24 I almost forget, she probably watched Leon killing people on a road with dogs, and thought it's ok to kill civilians while you fight BOWs.

[@mr_mad_hatter1062]

Love Your videos Man! Keep it up